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Agents for Windows - Why is Agent-Initiated 'Recommended'?

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We're starting to leverage agents as part our testing for cloud-based server monitoring (less holes in the firewalls = better security, right?) and when you go through the agent add process it says that agent initiated is the preferred communication method.  Any ideas why?  We are leaning towards server initiated as it makes the security types less worried when comms from external servers are going out from our network rather than listening for inbound comms.

 

Check out the /Orion/AgentManagement/Admin/DownloadAgent.aspx page to see what I mean.

 

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Tagging aLTeReGo as the guru of all things agent.


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